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  • Tags: 1890s

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View of the Amherst College Chi Phi fraternity house on College Street. An African American male can be seen mowing the lawn.

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View of the Amherst College Chi Psi lodge on Northampton Road, built by the fraternity in 1885.

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View of the Amherst College Chi Psi lodge on Northampton Road, built by the fraternity in 1885.

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View across the south end of the Town Common showing Amherst College buildings.

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View south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College.

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View across the south end of the Town Common showing Amherst College buildings. In the road is a person pulling a small cart.

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View across the south end of the Town Common showing Amherst College buildings. In the road is a person pulling a small cart.

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View of the building that initially housed both the Chemistry and Physics Departments. Exterior view of the Laboratory from the bottom of a slope. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1894. The landscape around the building was designed by…

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Amherst Town Hall was erected in 1889, and cost $58,000. The architect was H.S. McKay of Boston. This photograph was taken before the clock was installed in 1900.

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Panoramic view showing a portion of Amherst's hat factories, and the village of East Amherst, with the Pelham hills in the distance.

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View looking south showing South Pleasant Street, the Town Common and Woods Cabinet at Amherst College in the distance.

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View from the south end of Town Common looking north along Maple Avenue (now Boltwood Avenue).

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View looking east from the Amherst House showing Phoenix Row with Cook's Block in the foreground. Includes a partial view of Town Hall before the clock was installed in 1900.

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View looking south down South Pleasant Street showing the business blocks of Merchants' Row and horses hitched to wagons parked on the street. The second Amherst House is in the foreground.

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View looking north on North Pleasant Street showing business blocks, horses pulling wagons, and with elm trees lining the street.
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